Lay Lady Lay Uke tab by Bob Dylan

7 Chords used in the song: Am, Bb, F, Eb, Gm, C, Dm

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Artist: 
Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
4.07
(Intermediate)
Key: F, DmChords and Tablature
Note: I use this variant of [Am Am], because I like it better:

A||--3--
E||-----
C||-----
G||--2--

and when I'm not fast enough for the [Bb] at the end, I just lazily play Bbsus2/-5:

A||--1--
E||-----
C||-----
G||--3--

#LAY LADY LAY by Bob Dylan

[F F] [Am Am] [Eb Eb] [Gm Gm] [F F] [Am Am] [Eb Eb] [Gm Gm]
[F F]Lay, lady, [Am Am]lay, [Eb Eb]lay across my [Gm Gm]big brass bed[F F][Am Am][Eb Eb][Gm Gm]
[F F]Lay, lady, [Am Am]lay, [Eb Eb]lay across my [Gm Gm]big brass bed[F F][Am Am][Eb Eb][Gm Gm]

[C C]Whatever [Dm Dm]colours you have [F F]in your mind
[C C]I'll show them [Dm Dm]to you [F F]and you'll see them shine

[F F]Lay, lady, [Am Am]lay, [Eb Eb]lay across my [Gm Gm]big brass bed[F F][Am Am][Eb Eb][Gm Gm]
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile

[C C]His clothes [Dm Dm]are dirty but [F F]his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
[F F]Stay, lady, [Am Am]stay, [Eb Eb]stay with your m[Gm Gm]an awh[F F]ile[Am Am][Eb Eb][Gm Gm]

[Am Am]Why wait any longer for the [C C]world to be[F F]gin
[Am Am]You can have your cake and [Gm Gm]eat it [F F]too
[Am Am]Why wait any longer for the [C C]one you [F F]love
When he's stan[Am Am]ding in front of [Gm Gm]you

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead

[F F] [Am Am] [Eb Eb] [Gm Gm] [Am Am] [Bb Bb] [F F]

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About this song: Lay Lady Lay

"Lay Lady Lay" is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. The words of the song are sung by Dylan in a low, soft-sounding voice instead of his familiar high-pitched nasal-sounding voice. Dylan credited his "new" voice to quitting smoking before recording the song, but some unreleased bootleg tapes from the early '60s reveal that this was an aspect of his vocal persona that he had actually possessed since at least that time.[1] Released as a single in July of 1969, it became one of Dylan's biggest US Pop chart hits, peaking at number seven.

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